bigowhiteboy
Well-Known Member
Well I just got myself into one heck of a project. I wasn't even looking for a project, as I have an easy one almost done, and then wham next thing I know I have a 66 Belvedere II and a 67 Belvedere II in the yard.
A year or so ago I picked up a 66 Belvedere II wagon, all original 48,*** mile no rust easy project car, and this spring finally got it all freshened up ready to go for the summer.
Mind you this was my first Mopar, as I have always been a Ford guy. Well somehow that darn wagon gave me the Mopar bug and I have been looking at them on craigslist constantly.
So last week I see an ad pop up for a 66 Belvedere and a 67 GTX locally. The guy has them listed as a make one car out of the two cars type of deal. I decide to go take a look at them, thinking they would be pretty rough. He had bought them from a freind of his as a favor and had no intention of doing anything with them.
As I gave them a look over they look pretty decent, and I'm thinking to myself "these two cars are both easily rebuildable, alot of work but rebuildable". The previous owner had cut the whole passenger side rear quarter out of the 66, and some Montana redneck had done a sorry job of doing a GTX clone on the 67 which was a belvedere II as well. But both cars have solid floors, trunks, and frames. The 66 has rear quarter rust, needs wheel houses, and trunk extensions both sides. The 67 has some minor quart panel rust on the driver side, but wheel houses and extensions are good. It is also missing both front fenders. Both interiors are complete but need redone. Neither car has an engine, but one has an original 727 small block tranny. Looks like both where originally 318 cars, but still need to decode the vin numbers.
I ended up getting both for $800, which I thought was a pretty good price. My wife wasn't thrilled about having two project cars in the yard, but she did say she now wants the wagon for her car. So my plan is to build the 66 wagon and 2 door to be a matching set. I am leaning toward a 426 in the 2 door, and a 426 in the wagon would be sweet, but not sure my wife needs that much power. I may just do 318 poly stoker in the wagon. Then I will build the 67 and probably put a 440 in it and sell it to fund the other two cars.
It will be slow going, but I'm really excited about the whole project. I do have question for you Mopar guys. I found a 67 block 426 max wedge that needs rebuilt. Would that motor in the 67 boost resale value considerably compared to a 440?
A year or so ago I picked up a 66 Belvedere II wagon, all original 48,*** mile no rust easy project car, and this spring finally got it all freshened up ready to go for the summer.
Mind you this was my first Mopar, as I have always been a Ford guy. Well somehow that darn wagon gave me the Mopar bug and I have been looking at them on craigslist constantly.
So last week I see an ad pop up for a 66 Belvedere and a 67 GTX locally. The guy has them listed as a make one car out of the two cars type of deal. I decide to go take a look at them, thinking they would be pretty rough. He had bought them from a freind of his as a favor and had no intention of doing anything with them.
As I gave them a look over they look pretty decent, and I'm thinking to myself "these two cars are both easily rebuildable, alot of work but rebuildable". The previous owner had cut the whole passenger side rear quarter out of the 66, and some Montana redneck had done a sorry job of doing a GTX clone on the 67 which was a belvedere II as well. But both cars have solid floors, trunks, and frames. The 66 has rear quarter rust, needs wheel houses, and trunk extensions both sides. The 67 has some minor quart panel rust on the driver side, but wheel houses and extensions are good. It is also missing both front fenders. Both interiors are complete but need redone. Neither car has an engine, but one has an original 727 small block tranny. Looks like both where originally 318 cars, but still need to decode the vin numbers.
I ended up getting both for $800, which I thought was a pretty good price. My wife wasn't thrilled about having two project cars in the yard, but she did say she now wants the wagon for her car. So my plan is to build the 66 wagon and 2 door to be a matching set. I am leaning toward a 426 in the 2 door, and a 426 in the wagon would be sweet, but not sure my wife needs that much power. I may just do 318 poly stoker in the wagon. Then I will build the 67 and probably put a 440 in it and sell it to fund the other two cars.
It will be slow going, but I'm really excited about the whole project. I do have question for you Mopar guys. I found a 67 block 426 max wedge that needs rebuilt. Would that motor in the 67 boost resale value considerably compared to a 440?